A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does.
Diplomacy: lying in state.
Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.
Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow.
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.